Hand protector for knives



Dec. 26, 1939. H. ANTONY 2,184,902

HAND PROTECTOR FOR KNIVES Filed May 2, 1959 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS PatentedDec. 26, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to a hand protector for knives and has for anobject to provide a hand protector which is easily attached to a knifehandle to prevent the operators hand from slip- 6 ping onto the blade.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will beformed of a few strong simple and durable parts, which will beinexpensive to manufacture and hich will not easily 10 get out of order.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists ofcertain novel details of construction and combination of partshereinaften fully described and claimed, it being understood 15 thatvarious modifications may be resorted to within the scope of theappended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of 20 this specification,

Figure l is a side elevation of the hand protector applied to a knife.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Figure l.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the device.

Figure 4-is a side elevation of a modified form of the device applied'to a knife.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the parts shown' in Figure 4. a 30 Figure6 is a perspective view of the modified form of the device.

Referringnow to the drawing in which like characters of referencedesignate similar parts in the various views, l comprises a body of an-35 ular formation in side elevation. The body comprises a long'member Hwhich extends across the blade l2 close to the front of the handle I 3,also a short member M which underlies and is located parallel to thelower edge of the handle 40 13. The long member ll of the body isprovided with a longitudinal slot l which receives the blade l2 and theupper ends iii of the long member are bent and formed to provide prongsI! which are adapted to be-included in the upper 45 edge of the handleI3. A set screw I8 is screw threadedly engaged with the short member Idof the bodyand engages thelower edge of the handle I 3, and cooperateswith the prongs to hold the hand protector against accidental move- 50ment. A guard l9 curves downwardly and rearwardly from the rear end ofthe short member M of the body.

In the modified form of the device as shown in Figures 4, 5, and 6, 20comprises a body of sub- 65 stantially elongated formation in sideelevation.

The body comprises two long members 2I which extend over the sides ofhandle 22 near the front 'of the handle adjacent the base of the knifeblade 23, and a shortmember 24 at the bottom which underlies and islocated parallel to the lower edge 5 of the handle 22. The short memberis provided with a set screw 25 which is screw threadedly engaged withthe short member and engages the lower edge of the handle 22, andcooperates with the prongs 26 on the bent end portion 21 to hold thehand protector against accidental movement. The portions 21 are brokenaway at the center at an angle as shown by 28. A guard 29 curvesdownwardly and rearwardly from the rear end of the short member 24 orthe body. v

In applying the hand-protector to the handle of the knife, itis'simply-necessary to slip the blade l2 through the longitudinal slot I5, until the long member -I I abuts the front edgeof the handle. Theshort member M, which carries the set screw 3, then extends underneaththe handle. The set screw is then tightened against the lower edge ofthe handle to embed the prongs in the upper edge of the handle to securethe device against accidental displacement. The guard I 9 then curvesdownwardly and rearwardly from the front edge of the handle and preventsthe operators hand fromslipping forward upon the blade. In the modifiedform. of the device, the long members 2| arepassed along the sides ofthe blade 30 and disposed on opposite sides of the handle 22 near thebase of the blade. Then the set screw 25 is tightened to embed theprongs 26in the upper edge of the handle.

From the above description it is thought that the construction andoperation of the invention will be fully understood without furtherexplanation.

What is claimed is:

1. A hand protector for knives comprising a 40 body member adapted toengage a knife handle adjacent to the blade, prongs on the upper end ofthe body, a set screw carried by the lower portion of the body adaptedto engage the lower edge of the knife handle and embed said prongs inthe upper edge of the knife handle, and a depending guard carried bysaid'body. n

2. A hand protector for knives comprising a,

'body of angular formation in side elevation, the

body comprising a long member adapted to extend across a knife bladeclose to the front of the knife handle, a short member extending fromthe long member adapted to underlie and extend parallel to the loweredge of the handle, the long member of the body being provided with alonm from. the rear end of the short member of the body. a

3. A hand protector for knives comprising a body of substantiallyU-shape adapted to embrace the sides and bottom of the handle of theknife, the upper ends of the sides of the body being bent inwardlytoward each other and provided with depending prongs, a set screwthreadedly engaged through the bottom portion of the body and adapted tobe advanced against the lower edge of the knife handle for embedding theprongs in the upper edge of the knife handle,

and a guard extending downwardly from the bot- 10 tom of the body.

HENRY ANTONY.

